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Cities Quotes by Thomas Frank
- In small towns, bored teenagers turn their eyes longingly to the exciting doings in the big cities, pining for urban amenities like hipster bars and…
- Vibrancy is so universally desirable, so totemic in its powers, that even though we aren't sure what the word means, we know the quality it…
- Every city is either vibrant these days or is working on a plan to attain vibrancy soon. The reason is simple: a city isn't successful…
- The pursuit of the vibrant seems to be the universal job description of the nation's city planners nowadays. It is also part of the Obama…
More Cities Quotes
- A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one. — Aristotle
- Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of… — Aristophanes
- Growing up in a Jewish matriarchal world inside the patriarchal paradise of Salt Lake City, Utah, gave me increased perspective on gender… — Roseanne Barr
- Since the Kingstonfirst BID started in January 2005, retailers have enjoyed three years of impressive sales growth, which has taken many of… — David Barford
- Even in New York, there are a lot of very attractive girls pedaling around. That just happens to be one of the… — Paul Auster
- We do not look in our great cities for our best morality. — Jane Austen
- It was the hard work of our people, the freedom they enjoyed and their faith in God that built this country and… — Ronald Reagan
- On some summer days in New York City, the air hangs thickly visible, like the combined exhalations of eight million souls. Steam… — Diane Ackerman